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Posted by sega_sai 6/29/2025

Swearing as a Response to Pain: Assessing Effects of Novel Swear Words(www.frontiersin.org)
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phantomathkg 7/2/2025|
So this is like a more rigorously version of Mythbusters' No Pain, No Gain test then.
ascorbic 7/2/2025||
The MythBusters test was inspired by an earlier study. It's quite a well-studied effect now. Here's a review of the literature: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10....
fracus 7/2/2025||
Mythbusters shouldn't have ended when it did. I wish all 5 of them could have made an arrangement where it could continue.
goopypoop 7/1/2025||
Can I swear in pain enough to Clockwork Orange myself? Could prove cheaper than the fucking swear jarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
kulahan 7/2/2025||
I read once that there is a common structure to swear words. If you think about it, fuck, cunt, shit, crap - they all have kiiind of a similar vocal feeling.

I wonder if different fake swear words may have had a different outcome.

Cthulhu_ 7/2/2025|
The Farscape ones are great. Frell and dren have similar vibes.
card_zero 7/2/2025||
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Fictional_English_cu...
slowmovintarget 7/1/2025||
"Glenfarclas!" I frequently exclaim to the bewilderment of my child.
IAmBroom 7/1/2025||
There's a lovely story of a dad who's wife said, "Lil Johhny said a bad word today. Go talk to him." Or something to that effect.

"Johnny, Momma tells me you said X. That's pretty bad, but at least you didn't say the worst word..."

"What's that?" "Can't tell you!" <negotiations> "OK, but you have to PROMISE you'll never say it in front of Momma. It's <whispers> booglashek."

Next day, all his friends were over, calling each other booglasheks.

smitelli 7/1/2025||
Percy Livermore: We must rid our speech of slang. Now, besides "OK", I want you all to promise me that there are two words that you will never use. One of these is "swell" and the other one is "lousy".

Lucy Ricardo: OK, what are they?

Percy Livermore: [with emphasis] One of them is "swell" and the other one is "lousy".

Fred Mertz: Well, give us the lousy one first.

EvanAnderson 7/1/2025||
I spelled around my daughter. This worked until, between 3 and 4 y/o, she asked a preschool teacher what "F-U-C-K" spelled. The teacher asked where she'd heard it and she said her father spelled it a lot.
lxe 7/2/2025||
This was the first paper I read almost to completion. What a fascinating read. It's cool to see the hypotheses be refuted through experimentation. TL;DR: twizpipe and fouch don't help with pain, while "fuck" does.
codeulike 7/1/2025||
Twizpipe
bombcar 7/2/2025|
I’m going to keep this as a replacement for “piehole” the next time I need it with a twizzler eater.
slig 7/1/2025||
Anecdotally, I find swearing in German and Italian satisfying and people around usually don't understand, so no issues there.
pif 7/1/2025||
I had been working at CERN for a bit less than a year, when my Russo-Israelian coworker, who had never visited Italy, erupted in a perfect "Porca puttana!" that made me question my manners in the office.
HK-NC 7/2/2025|||
Ibyend to use Italian when mildly annoyed and German when utterly pissed off. How about you?
slig 7/2/2025||
Me too! It just works ™.
fuzzy_biscuit 7/1/2025||
I swear in Italian and Russian. Great minds think alike!
Throaway629 7/2/2025|
SHAZBOT!!!!
cptcobalt 7/2/2025|
classic tribes!
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